Wells

Amid hue and cry over open borewells in the state after the death of two-year-old Fatehveer at Bhagwanpura village of Sangrur, a piece of advice has come from the state’s water and sanitation department

NEW DELHI: A day after the National Green Tribunal asked the Centre to ban use of reverse osmosis (RO) purifiers in areas where the TDS (total dissolved solids) in water is below 500 mg/l, Delhi Jal Board

A reliable supply of water is critical for agricultural intensification and yield improvement. Technological devices that lift, transport and apply water contribute to increased yield from improved crop

Groundwater overexploitation has caused massive groundwater depletion and raised concerns for water and food security in India. Groundwater in India also suffers from multiple water quality issues such

CANACONA: The surge in Galgibag River due to the collapsed river banks and the unauthorised extraction of water from bore wells on the Kulty plateau have contaminated the wells in Galgibag and surrounding

Nagpur: As summer intensifies in Vidarbha, at Mangrulpir, a town of 35,000 in Washim district, even the source to be tapped on emergency basis has dried up. It is one of the most affected pockets in the

As World Water Day is being observed on March 22, scientists claim that water in almost 83% of open wells and most of the rivers in Kerala is highly contaminated.
This was revealed by studies conducted

At its source, wells are drying up as swathes of forest lie submerged by dams or cut down for rail and power lines
It's only once a year that the priests of the Kaveriamma temple at Talakaveri, the source